Cultivate the Soil when planting SEEDS!

I think back to the first time someone tried to share Jesus Christ with me. It was around 1980 or so. I was in the Navy stationed at Barbers Point, HI. Two guys in my squadron would ask if I found Jesus? I would just laugh and say "I didn't know that He was lost?". Sorry Jesus, just trying to be real and transparent. They kept trying to plant a seed on very hard soil and the seed would just blow away. They would just tell me how I was going to hell and how bad I was. I didn't need anyone to tell me that. Another time ( around 1988) I was working on a big house in Beverly Hills. Alan Casden's (not sure I spelt that right) house to be specific. The guy that was laying tile in the showers would ask me if I knew Jesus Christ. I said of course. Who doesn't. I believed in Jesus, I just didn't let him into my heart. He just really left it right there. He didn't continue on. Again, he tried planting a seed on soil that was not prepared to except it. In 1994 when Dudley and Marty started planting the seed, they stayed with it. They cultivated the soil. They didn't judge me they just shared Jesus Christ with me and told me what the Bible says. I know that is when the seed was planted in me. Why do you ask, because the other times didn't bother me or make me think twice. With Dudley and Marty it really got to me. I am trying to say two things here. First, don't get discouraged if you don't see progress right away in someone that you are witnessing to. Second, the best thing not to do is to judge them. The Bible even says that we are not to judge. It will turn them away from the Lord and they won't listen to you. Use the Bible, don't say things like " I believe that this is how it is" or "I would do this or that". You need to show them or tell them how it is in the Bible. The most important thing to remember is this, Once the seed has been planted, don't give up. Continue to cultivate the soil. It is between God and the person the seed is planted as to whether it will grow or not. None the less, we still have to do our part. God will do the rest. Romans 2:11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

God Bless you,
Captain Freedom